[Harp-L] Seminar

[SONNYTONE@xxxxxxx]

Val will be posting the list within the next few days. I can say for sure  
on Saturday I will be from 10:00 - 11:30, with Dennis G. from 11:30 - 12:30, 
 then Rob Paparozzi and much more. I will be staying the day so please feel 
free  approach me about any subject. As I am preparing certain songs, 
signature licks  and basics, I would appreciate your input now on what You want 
to get from this  seminar. Anyone who wishes to attend, perhaps bring an A 
and a C harp. I have  transcribed ( the hard way ) and taken licks from the 
Whoopin CD with Johnny  Winter, with much of the basic licks being heard in 
many of his works..
 
Basics: How he formed notes, all diaphragm, no throat. 
Sonny's Trill. No warble
Flutters: Rapidly pulling your tongue on and off the harp
Hand effects. Wah Way, fanning the harp, hand smacks ( pucky pucky, popping 
 the harp )
Throat pops. ga ga ga  while using hands.
Whoops and Hollers.
More...
 
These are the songs I chose, one is from the CD, Whoopin the Doop ( Hooray  
Hooray ) complete with ride section transcribed and main phrasing. Learning 
to  sing and play.. 
Sonny's opening song to his shows: Worried Man Long Way from Home with  
whoops.
The song Sonny and I did as a duet, Mean Woman Blues.
 
So email away. I want you to take nuggets of phrases he used commonly, one  
being of course the opening line he did to 50% of his songs. 
 
Then a little fun with the Cruncher or Avenger, please email me and let me  
know which one to bring. I will be driving from New Haven at 7:00, hope my 
mouth  works by 10:)
 
I really would appreciate your input. This is how I continue to grow with  
putting these on, and it is for free, I am hoping to see many of my Sonny Jr 
 owners to thank them and see them in person. I am going to have a SONNY JR 
shirt  on, just say hey....


Hooray Hooray this woman is killing me. Transcribed
Worried Man Long Way from Home - Exactly as Sonny did it, with the  whoops.
Mean Woman Blues, which I will take extremely slow.